Update on Parking Lot Construction and Uber Too

We’re now shooting for a mid-December opening for the new parking areas in the long term parking lot. We’d hoped to have them open this month, but have been delayed by the late arrival of the new light towers. The manufacturer of the towers says we should have delivery in a couple of weeks. After that, they’ll have to be wired and mounted on their bases.

The need for additional parking is the result of the airport’s rapid passenger growth over the past couple of years (up about 11% since 2014).

Growth is good, but it’s been a headache for customers in the parking lots — several times this year we’ve run out of parking places. The short-term remedy has been to allow parking in the aisles and just about any nook and cranny that a car can fit in. We apologize for the inconvenience.

UBER TOO

Earlier this week Uber, the on-demand private car service, received permission to operate in Springfield. The airport and Uber will negotiate an operating agreement in the next few months, but in the short term Uber drivers will be allowed to pick-up customers in front of the airline terminal, at the west end of the front curb. Signs designating the pick-up area should be up by the end of today (Wednesday).

We expect Uber to be available here by the end of the week, perhaps as early as today or tomorrow.